Mayor Bloomberg says that any trips he’s taken to his home in Bermuda or elsewhere in the world since becoming mayor don’t count as vacations.

Bloomberg said yesterday that even when he gets away for a day or two, the phone never stops ringing. He was asked about a bill proposed by Councilman Peter Vallone (D-Queens) that would require the mayor to tell the city clerk when he travels more than 250 miles out of town for more than a day, or whenever he leaves the continental United States.

The billionaire with eight homes says that public servants are entitled to privacy and that, with technology, he can do his job from anywhere.